The "safest" (and by "safest," I mean "most predictable") decision is to go nowhere.

If you stand still in life, take no risks, never go on a journey, you will rarely get surprised.

The second "safest" decision is to take a path discovered, charted and "paved" by someone else.

This is climbing a career ladder designed by someone else, rather than forging your own path.

This is taking a tour bus when visiting another country, rather than exploring on your own.

The least predictable path is to forge your own path. It is heading towards the horizon that interests you most, knowing full well you can't see beyond it just yet.

Will it be better or worse than what you are doing now?

In nearly all cases, the answer is "yes."

The path less traveled is usually both better and worse.

However, the one thing that is always true of the path less traveled is that it is never boring.

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